1927 - 2011
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films in the main were liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Russell has received more than 1,184,182 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ken Russell is the 293rd most popular film director (down from 291st in 2019), the 1,248th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Ken Russell ranks 293 out of 1,580. Before him are Sofia Coppola, Menahem Golan, Elem Klimov, Ruggero Deodato, Tsui Hark, and Ousmane Sembène. After him are Barbet Schroeder, Jean Rouch, Jiří Trnka, Oskar Fischinger, Béla Tarr, and King Vidor.
1971 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 287
1929 - 2014
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 288
1933 - 2003
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 289
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 290
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 291
1923 - 2007
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 292
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 293
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 294
1917 - 2004
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 295
1912 - 1969
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 296
1900 - 1967
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 297
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 298
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1927, Ken Russell ranks 99. Before him are Allan Kaprow, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, R. D. Laing, Éva Székely, Alfredo Kraus, and Andy Williams. After him are César Milstein, Dana Elcar, François Furet, Rosemary Harris, Dick Bruna, and Vasile Milea. Among people deceased in 2011, Ken Russell ranks 83. Before him are Yelena Bonner, Harold Garfinkel, Johannes Heesters, Archduke Felix of Austria, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and William Lipscomb. After him are Eugene Nida, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Vasily Alekseyev, Ferenc Mádl, Raúl Ruiz, and Facundo Cabral.
1927 - 2006
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 93
1927 - Present
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 94
1927 - 1989
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 95
1927 - 2020
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 96
1927 - 1999
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 97
1927 - 2012
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 98
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 99
1927 - 2002
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 100
1927 - 2005
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 101
1927 - 1997
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 102
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 103
1927 - 2017
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 104
1927 - 1989
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 105
1923 - 2011
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 77
1917 - 2011
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 78
1903 - 2011
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 79
1916 - 2011
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 80
1930 - 2011
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 81
1919 - 2011
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 82
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 83
1914 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 84
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 85
1942 - 2011
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 86
1931 - 2011
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 87
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 88
1937 - 2011
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 89
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Russell ranks 1,248 out of 6,924. Before him are Mick Taylor (1949), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), E. P. Thompson (1924), David Byron (1947), Howard Staunton (1810), and Neil Gaiman (1960). After him are N. R. Pogson (1829), Thomas Arne (1710), Boy George (1961), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), and John Nash (1752).
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 1,242
1798 - 1866
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 1,243
1924 - 1993
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 1,244
1947 - 1985
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 1,245
1810 - 1874
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 1,246
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 1,247
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 1,248
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 1,249
1710 - 1778
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,250
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,251
1475 - 1499
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,252
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,253
1752 - 1835
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,254
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Ken Russell ranks 21. Before him are Stephen Frears (1941), David Hamilton (1933), Mike Newell (1942), Sam Mendes (1965), Frank Lloyd (1886), and Carol Reed (1906). After him are Anthony Minghella (1954), John Boorman (1933), Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), John Guillermin (1925), and J. Lee Thompson (1914).
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 15
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 18
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 21
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 24
1920 - 2018
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 25
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 26
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 27